Different numerology for signal transmission

ABSTRACT

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Methods, systems, and devices provide for different tone spacing schemes for different channels. Methods, systems, and devices also provide for different tone spacing schemes for different stages of communication between a UE and a base station. The base station may indicate, to the UE, the tone spacing scheme in a control channel, a synchronization signal, or a reference signal and the tone spacing scheme may be selected by the base station from available tone spacing schemes for communication. Tone spacing schemes may also be referred to as numerologies.

CROSS REFERENCES

The present application for Patent claims priority to U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application No. 62/325,726 by Ly, et al., entitled “UnifiedSynchronization Signals,” filed Apr. 21, 2016, assigned to the assigneehereof, and to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/343,826 byIslam, et al., entitled “Different Numerology For Signal Transmission,”filed May 31, 2016, also assigned to the assignee hereof.

BACKGROUND

The following relates generally to wireless communication, and morespecifically to different numerology for signal transmission.

Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide varioustypes of communication content such as voice, video, packet data,messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable ofsupporting communication with multiple users by sharing the availablesystem resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of suchmultiple-access systems include code division multiple access (CDMA)systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequencydivision multiple access (FDMA) systems, and orthogonal frequencydivision multiple access (OFDMA) systems, (e.g., a Long Term Evolution(LTE) system). A wireless multiple-access communications system mayinclude a number of base stations, each simultaneously supportingcommunication for multiple communication devices, which may be otherwiseknown as user equipment (UE).

A UE and a base station may utilize time and frequency resources forcommunication. The time and frequency resources may be dedicated forcommunication between the base station and the UE or may be shared bymultiple base stations and/or multiple UEs.

SUMMARY

The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices,or apparatuses that support different numerology for signaltransmission. Generally, the described techniques provide for tonespacing schemes to be utilized during communication between a basestation and a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. Tone spacingschemes may differ from each other in tone spacing or symbol durationand may be selected from tone spacing schemes available for use in thewireless network. A tone spacing scheme for a wireless network may alsobe referred to as a numerology for the wireless network and mayencompass tone spacing (i.e., the bandwidth between each tone orsubcarrier in the frequency domain), symbol duration (i.e., the timeinterval designated as a single time resource), number of tones within acarrier (i.e., the number of subcarriers spanning a given componentcarrier for wireless communication), the number of symbols spanning aframe, subframe, slot, mini-slot, or any other time interval of thewireless network, etc.

In some cases, UEs and base stations in a multiple-access communicationssystem may support different tone spacing schemes when communicatingusing different channels or at different stages of communication. Forexample, a UE and a base station may communicate using one tone spacingscheme during a random access channel (RACH) procedure, but may use adifferent tone spacing scheme for data communications. The tone spacingscheme may be identified by a base station and an indication of the tonespacing scheme may be transmitted to a UE using a control channel, asynchronization signal, or a reference signal, among others.Alternatively, a tone spacing scheme may indicate a number of differenttone spacings that may be applied to different stages of communicationor different types of communication channels. Thus, a tone spacingscheme may include a tone spacing for communications on a first stage ofcommunications and a different tone spacing for communications on asecond stage of communications. As another example, a tone spacingscheme may include a tone spacing for a first type of communicationchannel and a different tone spacing for a second type of communicationchannel.

A method of wireless communications is described. The method may includeidentifying a tone spacing scheme that includes different tone spacingsfor wireless communications within a wireless network, the tone spacingscheme indicating different tone spacings for combinations of uplinkcommunications, downlink communications, or sidelink communications andcommunicating with a wireless device according to the identified tonespacing scheme.

An apparatus for wireless communications is described. The apparatus mayinclude means for identifying a tone spacing scheme that includesdifferent tone spacings for wireless communications within a wirelessnetwork, the tone spacing scheme indicating different tone spacings forcombinations of uplink communications, downlink communications, orsidelink communications and means for communicating with a wirelessdevice according to the identified tone spacing scheme.

Another apparatus for wireless communications is described. Theapparatus may include a processor, memory in electronic communicationwith the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. Theinstructions may be operable to cause the processor to identify a tonespacing scheme that includes different tone spacings for wirelesscommunications within a wireless network, the tone spacing schemeindicating different tone spacings for combinations of uplinkcommunications, downlink communications, or sidelink communications andcommunicate with a wireless device according to the identified tonespacing scheme.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for wireless communications isdescribed. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may includeinstructions operable to cause a processor to identify a tone spacingscheme that includes different tone spacings for wireless communicationswithin a wireless network, the tone spacing scheme indicating differenttone spacings for combinations of uplink communications, downlinkcommunications, or sidelink communications and communicate with awireless device according to the identified tone spacing scheme.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for selecting the tone spacing schemefrom a plurality of available tone spacing schemes.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: using one or more different tone spacings foreach stage of different stages of wireless communications in accordancewith the identified tone spacing scheme.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: participating in a RACH procedure with thewireless device in accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme,wherein a tone spacing for the RACH procedure may be different from atone spacing for other stages of communication with the wireless device.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: participating in data communications with thewireless device in accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme,wherein a tone spacing for the data communications may be different froma tone spacing for other stages of communication with the wirelessdevice.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises:

communicating with the wireless device using one or more different tonespacings for each type of different wireless communication channel typesin accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises:

communicating via one or more control channels with the wireless devicein accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tonespacing for the one or more control channels may be different from atone spacing for other types of communication with the wireless device.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the tone spacing of at leastone synchronization signal may be different from at least one othersynchronization signal.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the tone spacing of at leastone synchronization signal may be different from other channels ofcommunication.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the at least onesynchronization signal comprises a primary synchronization signal (PSS),a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a physical broadcast channel(PBCH), or combinations thereof.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: including an indication of the identifiedtone spacing scheme via a synchronization channel, a control channel aphysical broadcast channel (PBCH), a radio resource control (RRC)message, master information block, a system information block, orcombinations thereof.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the system information blockcomprises minimum system information or other system information.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: indicating the identified tone spacing schemevia a characteristic of a primary synchronization signal (PSS), asecondary synchronization signal (SSS), or a reference signal. In someexamples, the characteristic comprises a number of repetitions, a numberof tones, a pattern of tones, or combinations thereof

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: indicating the identified tone spacing schemefor either a current subframe or a future subframe.

A method of wireless communications is described. The method may includeidentifying a tone spacing scheme that includes different tone spacingsfor wireless communications within a wireless network, the tone spacingscheme indicating tone spacing for a current subframe, a futuresubframe, or a combination thereof and communicating with a wirelessdevice according to the identified tone spacing scheme.

An apparatus for wireless communications is described. The apparatus mayinclude means for identifying a tone spacing scheme that includesdifferent tone spacings for wireless communications within a wirelessnetwork, the tone spacing scheme indicating tone spacing for a currentsubframe, a future subframe, or a combination thereof and means forcommunicating with a wireless device according to the identified tonespacing scheme.

Another apparatus for wireless communications is described. Theapparatus may include a processor, memory in electronic communicationwith the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. Theinstructions may be operable to cause the processor to identify a tonespacing scheme that includes different tone spacings for wirelesscommunications within a wireless network, the tone spacing schemeindicating tone spacing for a current subframe, a future subframe, or acombination thereof and communicate with a wireless device according tothe identified tone spacing scheme.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for wireless communications isdescribed. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may includeinstructions operable to cause a processor to identify a tone spacingscheme that includes different tone spacings for wireless communicationswithin a wireless network, the tone spacing scheme indicating tonespacing for a current subframe, a future subframe, or a combinationthereof and communicate with a wireless device according to theidentified tone spacing scheme.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for selecting the tone spacing schemefrom a plurality of available tone spacing schemes.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: using one or more different tone spacings foreach stage of different stages of wireless communications in accordancewith the identified tone spacing scheme.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: participating in a RACH procedure with thewireless device in accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme,wherein a tone spacing for the RACH procedure may be different from atone spacing for other stages of communication with the wireless device.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: participating in data communications with thewireless device in accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme,wherein a tone spacing for the data communications may be different froma tone spacing for other stages of communication with the wirelessdevice.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises:

communicating with the wireless device using one or more different tonespacings for each type of different wireless communication channel typesin accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises:

communicating via one or more control channels with the wireless devicein accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tonespacing for the one or more control channels may be different from atone spacing for other types of communication with the wireless device.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: including an indication of the identifiedtone spacing scheme via a synchronization channel, a control channel aPBCH, an RRC message, or a SIB.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: indicating the identified tone spacing schemevia a characteristic of a PSS, an SSS, or a reference signal.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, communicating with thewireless device comprises: indicating the identified tone spacing schemefor either an uplink communication, a downlink communication, or asidelink communication.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a system for wireless communicationthat supports different numerology for signal transmission in accordancewith aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a system for wireless communicationthat supports different numerology for signal transmission in accordancewith aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate examples of tone spacing schemes that supportdifferent numerology for signal transmission in accordance with aspectsof the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a process flow for different numerologyfor signal transmission in accordance with aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIGS. 5 through 7 show block diagrams of a device that supportsdifferent numerology for signal transmission in accordance with aspectsof the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates a block diagram of a system including a base stationthat supports different numerology for signal transmission in accordancewith aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 9 through 11 show block diagrams of a device that supportsdifferent numerology for signal transmission in accordance with aspectsof the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 illustrates a block diagram of a system including a userequipment (UE) that supports different numerology for signaltransmission in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 13 through 17 illustrate methods for different numerology forsignal transmission in accordance with aspects of the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

When communicating with a user equipment (UE), a base station maymodulate data based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS). Themodulated data may then be mapped to sub-carriers in the frequencydomain. As used herein, the mapping of the modulated data to subcarriersin the frequency domain is referred to as “tones.” The modulated datamay be mapped to resources in the time domain. As used herein, themapping of the modulated data to resources in the time domain isreferred to as “symbols.” Each tone may be associated with a frequencyand each symbol may have a corresponding symbol duration.

Time intervals in wireless communications may be expressed in multiplesof a basic time unit and may be organized according to radio frames of agiven length (e.g, 10 ms). Each frame may include multiple subframesthat contain symbol periods and in some cases, a subframe may be thesmallest unit of scheduling. Frequency resources within a frequency bandmay include multiple frequency subcarriers spaced apart according to agiven tone spacing.

Some wireless communications systems (e.g., a Long Term Evolution(LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) or a New Radio (NR) system) may employ afixed tone spacing for communication between a base station and a UE.For instance, in an LTE/LTE-A system, the tone spacing may be thereciprocal of the symbol duration and may be selected in order to avoidor mitigate blurring caused by the Doppler shift and to maintainorthogonality between tones.

In contrast, adopting a different (or varied) tone spacing or symbolduration may help mitigate phase noise experienced when communicating indifferent (e.g., higher) frequency bands Accordingly, in some examples,a wireless communications system may adaptively support different tonespacing schemes for different channel types or at different stages ofcommunication. The tone spacing schemes may be predetermined or selectedfrom a number of tone spacing schemes available for communication.

In some examples, a UE and a base station may communicate using one ormore tone spacings for each stage of different stages of communication.For example, a tone spacing scheme may include a tone spacing forcommunications on a first stage of communications and a different tonespacing for communications on a second stage of communications. A stagemay refer to one or more procedures performed by the UE or base stationor may refer to the state of the UE or base station. For example, thestage may refer to an initialization state and the UE may perform cellacquisition using synchronization signals transmitted by the basestation. The stage may refer to a technique such as a handover from onecell to another cell where a UE establishes or reestablishes acommunication link with one or more cells. The stage may also refer towhether a UE is in a connected or idle mode (e.g., RRC_CONNECTED orRRC_IDLE) with the network through one or more base stations. In oneexample, a UE may participate in a random access channel (RACH)procedure with a base station according to one tone spacing scheme andmay also communicate with the base station according to a different tonespacing scheme during the exchange of data (e.g., using a shared ordedicated data channel).

In other examples, a tone spacing scheme may indicate a number ofdifferent tone spacings that may be applied to different types ofcommunication channels. For instance, a UE may communicate with a basestation using different tone spacing schemes that may differ based on achannel type, such as, for example, a RACH, a physical downlink controlchannel (PDCCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), amongothers. In particular, a tone spacing scheme may include a tone spacingfor a first type of communication channel and a different tone spacingfor a second type of communication channel.

In some examples, a characteristic of signal may indicate the tonespacing scheme. For instance, a characteristic such as the number ofrepetitions of a signal (e.g., a primary synchronization signal (PSS), asecondary synchronization signal (SSS), etc.) may indicate the tonespacing scheme. In some aspects, characteristics such as the number oftones or the pattern of tones over which a signal is transmitted mayindicate the tone spacing scheme. For example, transmitting a signalover all tones, odd tones, even tones, or other pattern of tones mayindicate the tone spacing scheme.

Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure are initially described in thecontext of a wireless communication system. Aspects of the disclosureare further illustrated by and described with reference to apparatusdiagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts that relate to differentnumerology for signal transmission.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 100 inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The wirelesscommunications system 100 includes base stations 105, UEs 115, and acore network 130. In some examples, the wireless communications system100 may be an LTE (or LTE-A) network or a 5G/NR network. The wirelesscommunications system 100 may support different numerology for signaltransmissions by employing different tone spacing schemes ornumerologies for different stages of communication. In some examples,the wireless communications system 100 may employ different tone spacingschemes based on different wireless communication channel types.

The described techniques provide for varying numerology for differentdata channels (e.g., physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) orphysical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)), different control channels(e.g., physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical uplinkcontrol channel (PUCCH), different reference signals (e.g., channelstate information reference signal (CSI-RS)), synchronization signals(e.g., primary synchronization signal (PSS), secondary synchronizationsignal (SSS), or physical broadcast channel (PBCH)), or differentfrequency bands.

For example, higher frequency transmissions such as millimeter wave(mmW) transmissions may employ a different numerology (e.g., a tonespacing of 60, 120, or 240 kHz) than lower frequency transmissions suchas sub-6 GHz transmission, which may utilize 15 or 30 kHZ tone spacing.In some cases, numerology may also differ for synchronization channelsor random access channel (RACH) signals. For instance, sub-6 GHzcommunications may utilize 15 or 30 kHz tone spacing, wheresynchronization channels communicated at over 6 GHz may employ 120 or240 kHz tone spacing. Other tone spacings may be considered withoutdeparting from the scope of the present disclosure.

In some instances, data communications, control communications, andsynchronization communications may each utilize a different numerologyhaving different tone spacings and may vary within different subframes.In some examples, a subframe may also be referred to as a slot, minislot, transmission time interval (TTI), or any other duration. Asubframe (or slot, mini slot, TTI, etc.) may be used as a unit ofscheduling and in some cases may include 2 or more symbols. Additionallyor alternatively, the subframe (or slot, mini slot, TTI, etc.) maycontain a downlink (DL) control and an uplink (UL) control. In someexamples, the subframe may include DL centric slots, that may include DLcontrol as well as DL data. In some examples, the DL centric slot mayinclude DL control at the beginning of the slot and DL data at the endof the slot. In some examples, the subframe (or slot, mini slot, TTI,etc.) may include UL centric slots, that may include UL control as wellas UL data. In some examples, the UL centric slot may include UL data atthe beginning of the slot and UL control at the end of the slot. In someother examples, the subframe (or slot, mini slot, TTI, etc.) may includeDL centric slots and UL centric slots.

Base stations 105 may wirelessly communicate with UEs 115 via one ormore base station antennas. Each base station 105 may providecommunication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area 110.Communication links 125 shown in wireless communications system 100 mayinclude uplink (UL) transmissions from a UE 115 to a base station 105,or downlink (DL) transmissions, from a base station 105 to a UE 115. UEs115 may be dispersed throughout the wireless communications system 100,and each UE 115 may be stationary or mobile. A UE 115 may also bereferred to as a mobile station, a subscriber station, a remote unit, awireless device, an access terminal (AT), a handset, a user agent, aclient, or like terminology. A UE 115 may also be a cellular phone, awireless modem, a handheld device, a personal computer, a tablet, apersonal electronic device, a machine-type communication (MTC) device,etc.

Base stations 105 may communicate with the core network 130 and with oneanother. For example, base stations 105 may interface with the corenetwork 130 through backhaul links 132 (e.g., S1, etc.). Base stations105 may communicate with one another over backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2,etc.) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through core network 130).Base stations 105 may perform radio configuration and scheduling forcommunication with UEs 115, or may operate under the control of a basestation controller (not shown). In some examples, base stations 105 maybe macro cells, small cells, hot spots, or the like. Base stations 105may also be referred to as eNodeBs (eNBs) 105.

Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide varioustypes of communication content such as voice, video, packet data,messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable ofsupporting communication with multiple users by sharing the availablesystem resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of suchmultiple-access systems include code division multiple access (CDMA)systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequencydivision multiple access (FDMA) systems, and orthogonal frequencydivision multiple access (OFDMA) systems. A wireless multiple-accesscommunications system may include a number of base stations, eachsimultaneously supporting communication for one or more multiplecommunication devices, which may be otherwise known as a UE.

As the center frequency of different spectrum bands increases, having alarger tone spacing may help mitigate phase noise experienced whencommunicating at higher frequencies. Accordingly, in some examples,wireless communications system 100 may support spectrum bands havingdifferent tone spacings. While tone spacing may be predetermined for asubframe (e.g., depending on the spectrum band or type of signal to betransmitted), tone spacing may additionally or alternatively varythroughout a subframe. In some examples, a subframe may span a durationin time and may be referred to as a slot, a mini slot, a time period, aTTI, or any other term used to describe a time interval. The subframe(or slot, mini slot, TTI, etc.) may be a unit of scheduling. In someexamples, the subframe (also referred to as slot, mini slot, TTI, etc.)may be used to define timing boundaries. In some examples, the subframe(or slot, mini slot, TTI, etc.) may include 7, 14 or 28 symbols. In someexamples, the subframe may include one or more slots, each of which mayinclude multiple symbols that may be the smallest unit of scheduling. Inother cases, the subframe or any other time duration may be the smallestunit of scheduling. In some cases, the subframe (or slot, mini slot,TTI, etc.) may include a DL control region and/or an UL control region.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 200for different numerology for signal transmission. In some cases,wireless communications system 200 may represent aspects of techniquesperformed by a UE 115 or base station 105 as described with reference toFIG. 1. The wireless communications system 200 may include a basestation 105-a that supports communication with multiple UEs 115-a and115-b over a coverage area 110-a.

As shown, base station 105-a supports bi-directional communication withUE 115-a over communication link 125-a. Communication link 125-a may beused for communication according to a first tone spacing schemeassociated with a given channel type. In downlink, for example, basestation 105-a may transmit signals over a PDCCH to UE 115-a usingresources 205 (e.g., time, frequency) corresponding to the first tonespacing scheme or numerology. The resources 205 may have a certain tonespacing and symbol duration based on the first tone spacing scheme andthe tone spacing or symbol duration may differ depending on the channeltype. For example, the base station 105-a may transmit signals via aPDCCH to UE 115-a over resources 205 based on the first tone spacingscheme and may transmit signals via a PBCH to UE 115-a over resources205 according to a tone spacing scheme different from the first tonespacing scheme. In some examples, multiple symbols may span a slot, amini slot, a subframe, or a frame and the number of symbols may varydepending on the tone spacing. For instance, a tone spacing of less than60 kHz with a normal cyclic prefix (CP) may have 7 or 14 symbols perslot or mini slot, while a tone spacing of greater than 60 kHz with anormal CP may have 14 symbol per slot or mini slot.

Base station 105-a also supports communication with UE 115-b overcommunication link 125-b. Communication link 125-b may be used forcommunication according to a second tone spacing scheme associated witha given stage of wireless communication between the base station 105-aand the UE 115-b. In some cases, the first and second tone spacingschemes may be the same or alternatively, the first and second tonespacing schemes may be different. Stages of wireless communication mayinclude different types of wireless communication procedures, such as aRACH procedure, a radio resource control (RRC) connection procedure, asynchronization procedure (e.g., a timing alignment procedure),procedures related to enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) communications,or procedures related to ultra-reliable and low latency communications(URLLC). The stages of wireless communication may also depend on whetherthe UE 115-b is attempting to connect to base station 105-a, isconnected to the base station 105-a, or has disconnected from the basestation 105-a.

Based on the stage of wireless communication between the base station105-a and the UE 115-b, base station 105-a may communicate with UE 115-busing resources 210 corresponding to the second tone spacing scheme. Theresources 210 may have a certain tone spacing and symbol duration basedon the second tone spacing scheme and the tone spacing or symbolduration may differ depending on the stage of wireless communication.For example, the UE 115-b may transmit a random access preamble in aRACH procedure to base station 105-a over resources 210 based on thesecond tone spacing scheme and may transmit uplink data to the basestation 105-a over resources 210 according to a tone spacing schemedifferent from the second tone spacing scheme.

In some instances, a UEs 115-a and 115-b may communicate with basestation 105-a using multiple tone spacings for the same channel type orduring the same stage of communication. For example, UE 115-b maytransmit a random access preamble when participating in a RACH procedurewith base station 105-a using a third tone spacing scheme and the basestation 105-a may transmit a random access response using a tone spacingdifferent from the third tone spacing.

In another example, UEs 115-a and 115-b may communicate with basestation 105-a using different tone spacing schemes for downlink, uplink,or sidelink (UE to UE) communications. For instance, UE 115-a maycommunicate with base station 105-a using a fourth tone spacing schemefor downlink and a fifth tone spacing scheme for uplink transmissions.In some cases, UE 115-a and 115-b may communicate with one another overcommunication link 125-c according to a sixth tone spacing scheme, whichmay be the same or different than any of the other tone spacing schemes.

In some examples, a UE 115-a may receive an indication from the basestation 105-a that indicates the tone spacing scheme to be used foruplink, downlink, or sidelink communications. For example, a basestation 105-a may transmit an indication to UE 115-a that indicates atone spacing scheme to use for communication with UE 115-b in sidelinkcommunications. UE 115-a may then communicate with UE 115-b based on thetone spacing scheme indicated by base station 105-a, which may differdepending on the communication channel type or a stage of communicationbetween UE 115-a and UE 115-b.

In some aspects, a tone spacing scheme may indicate a number ofdifferent tone spacings that may be applied to different stages ofcommunication or different types of communication channels. For example,UE 115-a may communicate with base station 105-a according to a tonespacing scheme that indicates different tone spacings to use fordifferent stages (e.g., RACH procedure, data communications) or fordifferent channels (e.g., PDCCH, PUCCH), while UE 115-b may communicatewith base station 105-a according to a tone spacing scheme thatindicates tone spacings different from those used for communication withUE 115-a. In addition to or instead of stages of communication or typesof communication channels, persons skilled in the art will appreciatethat tone spacing schemes between the various devices of FIG. 2 maydiffer and depend on any other suitable factor(s).

In some cases, the UE 115-a may also detect a tone spacing scheme (e.g.,a numerology) being used by the base station 105-a based on a number ofcopies of one or more signals received from the base station 105-a. Forinstance, the base station may transmit multiple copies of one or moresynchronization signals consecutively or over a given period of time.The number of repetitions may indicate a nominal subcarrier spacing(e.g., 17.5 kHz, 35 kHz, 140 kHz), which may be designated as thesubcarrier spacing or of a given tone spacing scheme used for aparticular stage, channel, or signal type, etc.

For example, one approach to indicate the nominal subcarrier spacing ina synchronization signal is to apply subcarrier shifting or subcarrierzeroing. In this case, down-sampling the subcarriers in the frequencydomain may result in repetitions of the synchronization signal in thetime domain. Accordingly, a UE receiving the synchronization signal maydetect the nominal numerology or subcarrier spacing by detecting anumber of copies or repetitions of the synchronization signal over agiven time (e.g., a number of symbols, subframes, TTIs, etc.).

For example, when 17.5 kHz, 35 kHz, and 140 kHz subcarrier spacing issupported, a UE 115-a may detect that the 17.5 kHz subcarrier spacing isbeing used when a single copy of the synchronization signal is detected.In another example, the UE 115-a may detect that the 35 kHz subcarrierspacing (which is a multiple of 2 of the 17.5 kHz subcarrier spacing) isbeing used when two copies of the synchronization signal are detected.In yet another example, the UE 115-a may detect that the 140 kHzsubcarrier spacing (which is a multiple of 8 of the 17.5 kHz subcarrierspacing and a multiple of 4 of the 35 kHz subcarrier spacing) is beingused when eight copies of the synchronization signal are detected.

FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate examples of tone spacing schemes 301 and 302that support different numerology for signal transmission. In somecases, tone spacing schemes 301 and 302 may represent aspects oftechniques performed by a UE 115 or base station 105 as described withreference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Tone spacing schemes 301 and 302 may bereferred to as numerologies. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, tone spacingas well as symbol duration may differ based on channel type orcommunication stage.

In FIG. 3A, Channel Type A may be associated with a numerology having atone spacing of 60 kHz and a symbol duration of the reciprocal of thetone spacing (16.7 μs in this example). Channel Type A may be associatedwith a control signal (e.g., a PDCCH, PUCCH), a data signal, or anoverhead signal (e.g., a CSI-RS).

Channel Type B may be associated with a numerology having a tone spacingof 240 kHz and a symbol duration related to the reciprocal of the tonespacing (4.17 μs in this example). Channel Type B may include asynchronization signal (e.g., a PSS, an SSS), an extendedsynchronization signal (ESS)), a PBCH, a RACH, a scheduling requestchannel, a beam reference signal (BRS), an extended PBCH, or a beamrefinement reference signal (BRRS)).

In FIG. 3B, Stage A may be associated with a numerology having a tonespacing of 120 kHz and symbol duration of 8.34 μs. Stage A may beassociated with a first stage of communication. For example, Stage A maybe used for a RACH procedure or an RRC procedure. Stage B may beassociated with a numerology having a tone spacing of 480 kHz and symbolduration of 2.08 μs. Stage B may be associated with a second state ofcommunication, e.g., data communication.

As shown, tone spacing schemes 301 and 302 indicate a number ofdifferent tone spacings that may be applied to different stages ofcommunication or different types of communication channels. For example,tone spacing scheme 301 may include a tone spacing for a first type ofcommunication channel and a different tone spacing for a second type ofcommunication channel. Further, tone spacing scheme 302 may include tonespacing for communication for a first stage of communications and adifferent tone spacing for communication for a second stage ofcommunications. In some instances, the tone spacing scheme (e.g., tonespacing scheme 301 or tone spacing scheme 302) may indicate differenttone spacings for uplink, downlink, or sidelink communications, or forcombinations thereof. For example, the same tone spacing may beindicated for uplink and downlink communications, but a different tonespacing may be indicated for sidelink communications. In anotherexample, a tone spacing may be indicated for uplink and a different tonespacing may be indicated for sidelink communications.

It should be understood that various other tone spacings and indicationsof tone spacing schemes may be considered without departing from thescope of the present disclosure. Further, it should be understood thatthe tone spacings and symbol durations described above with reference toFIGS. 3A and 3B are for purposes of example only and other tone spacingsor symbol durations may be considered without departing from the scopeof the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a process flow 400 for differentnumerology for signal transmission. In some cases, process flow 400 mayrepresent aspects of techniques performed by a UE 115 or base station105 as described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3A, and 3B.

At 405, base station 105-b identifies a tone spacing scheme fortransmission of a signal. To identify the tone spacing scheme, the basestation 105-b may determine the channel over which to communicate withUE 115-c or the base station 105-b may determine the stage ofcommunication associated with the UE 115-c. In some examples, the basestation 105-b may identify a tone spacing scheme by selecting a tonespacing scheme from a plurality of tone spacing schemes available forcommunication at 405-a.

At 410, the base station 105-b may transmit an indication of the tonespacing scheme to the UE 115-c. The indication may indicate the tonespacing identified in 405 that may include the tone spacing or symbolduration for communication between UE 115-c and base station 105-b. Insome examples, the base station 105-b may include the indication in asynchronization signal (e.g., a PSS, an SSS), a broadcast channel (e.g.,a PBCH), an RRC message, or a reference signal (e.g., CSI-RS). The basestation 105-b may include the indication in a system information block(SIB) (e.g., in a broadcast control channel (BCCH)). In some examples,the base station 105-b may include the indication in a control channel(e.g., a PDCCH), which may indicate the tone spacing scheme to be usedin a current or future subframe. The indication may also be used toindicate whether the tone spacing scheme is to be used for uplink,downlink, or sidelink (e.g., UE to UE) communication.

At 415, the UE 115-c may receive the indication of the tone spacingscheme transmitted by base station 105-b at 410 and communicate withbase station 105-b according to the received tone spacing scheme at 420.Communicating with the base station 105-b may include communicatingusing one or more different tone spacings for each stage of differentstages of wireless communications based on the received tone spacingscheme. In some examples, the base station 105 may participate in a RACHprocedure with the UE 115-c based on the identified tone spacing scheme.In other examples, the UE 115-c and the base station 105-b may transmitand receive data packets based on the identified tone spacing scheme. Inyet other examples, the UE 115-c and the base station 105 b maycommunicate using one or more different tone spacings for each channeltype based on the identified tone spacing scheme. In some examples, thebase station 105-b may transmit signals over one or more controlchannels to the UE 115-c in accordance with the identified tone spacingscheme.

While FIG. 4 illustrates a number of processes, it should be understoodthat not all of the steps in process flow 400 need to be performed orvarious steps may be performed simultaneously or in a different orderthan shown and described above.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram 500 of a wireless device 505 that supportsdifferent numerology for signal transmission in accordance with variousaspects of the present disclosure. Wireless device 505 may be an exampleof aspects of a base station 105 as described with reference to FIG. 1.Wireless device 505 may include receiver 510, base station transmissionnumerology manager 515, and transmitter 520. Wireless device 505 mayalso include a processor. Each of these components may be incommunication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

Receiver 510 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to differentnumerology for signal transmission, etc.). Information may be passed onto other components of the device. The receiver 510 may be an example ofaspects of the transceiver 835 described with reference to FIG. 8.

Base station transmission numerology manager 515 may be an example ofaspects of the base station transmission numerology manager 815described with reference to FIG. 8.

Base station transmission numerology manager 515 may identify a tonespacing scheme that includes different tone spacings for wirelesscommunications within a wireless network and transmit an indication ofthe identified tone spacing scheme to a UE.

Transmitter 520 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 520 may be collocated witha receiver 510 in a transceiver module. For example, the transmitter 520may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 835 described withreference to FIG. 8. The transmitter 520 may include a single antenna,or may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a wireless device 605 that supportsdifferent numerology for signal transmission in accordance with variousaspects of the present disclosure. Wireless device 605 may be an exampleof aspects of a wireless device 505 or a base station 105 as describedwith reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 4, and 5. Wireless device 605 may includereceiver 610, base station transmission numerology manager 615, andtransmitter 620. Wireless device 605 may also include a processor. Eachof these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., viaone or more buses).

Receiver 610 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to differentnumerology for signal transmission, etc.). Information may be passed onto other components of the device. The receiver 610 may be an example ofaspects of the transceiver 835 described with reference to FIG. 8.

Base station transmission numerology manager 615 may be an example ofaspects of the base station transmission numerology manager 815described with reference to FIG. 8. Base station transmission numerologymanager 615 may also include tone spacing component 625 and spacingindication component 630.

Tone spacing component 625 may identify a tone spacing scheme thatincludes different tone spacings for wireless communications within awireless network and select the tone spacing scheme from a set ofavailable tone spacing schemes.

Spacing indication component 630 may transmit an indication of theidentified tone spacing scheme to a UE. In some cases, transmitting theindication of the identified tone spacing scheme includes: including theindication of the identified tone spacing scheme in a synchronizationchannel. In some cases, transmitting the indication of the identifiedtone spacing scheme includes: including the indication of the identifiedtone spacing scheme in a PBCH or a SIB. In some cases, transmitting theindication of the identified tone spacing scheme includes: indicatingthe identified tone spacing scheme via a characteristic of a PSS, anSSS, or a reference signal. In some cases, transmitting the indicationof the identified tone spacing scheme includes: including the indicationof the identified tone spacing scheme in a RRC message.

Transmitter 620 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 620 may be collocated witha receiver 610 in a transceiver module. For example, the transmitter 620may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 835 described withreference to FIG. 8. The transmitter 620 may include a single antenna,or may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram 700 of a base station transmissionnumerology manager 715 that supports different numerology for signaltransmission in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. The base station transmission numerology manager 715 may bean example of aspects of a base station transmission numerology manager515 or a base station transmission numerology manager 615 described withreference to FIGS. 5 and 6. The base station transmission numerologymanager 715 may include tone spacing component 720, spacing indicationcomponent 725, communication stage component 730, channel spacingcomponent 735, and spacing identification component 740. Each of thesemodules may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g.,via one or more buses).

Tone spacing component 720 may identify a tone spacing scheme thatincludes different tone spacings for wireless communications within awireless network and select the tone spacing scheme from a set ofavailable tone spacing schemes.

Spacing indication component 725 may transmit an indication of theidentified tone spacing scheme to a UE. In some cases, transmitting theindication of the identified tone spacing scheme includes: including theindication of the identified tone spacing scheme in a synchronizationchannel. In some cases, transmitting the indication of the identifiedtone spacing scheme includes: including the indication of the identifiedtone spacing scheme in a PBCH, an MIB, or a SIB. In some cases, the SIBmay include minimum system information or other system information. Insome cases, transmitting the indication of the identified tone spacingscheme includes: indicating the identified tone spacing scheme via acharacteristic of a PSS, an SSS, or a reference signal. In someexamples, the characteristic may include a number of repetitions, anumber of tones, a pattern of tones, or combinations thereof. In somecases, transmitting the indication of the identified tone spacing schemeincludes: including the indication of the identified tone spacing schemein a RRC message. In some cases, at least one synchronization signal mayinclude a PSS, an SSS, a PBCH, or combinations thereof. In some cases,the tone spacing of at least one synchronization signal may be differentfrom at least one other synchronization signal. In some cases, the tonespacing of at least one synchronization signal may be different fromother channels of communication.

Communication stage component 730 may communicate with the UE using oneor more different tone spacings for each stage of different stages ofwireless communications in accordance with the identified tone spacingscheme. In some cases, communicating with the UE includes: participatingin a RACH procedure with the UE in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme, where a tone spacing for the RACH procedure is differentfrom a tone spacing for other stages of communication with the UE. Insome cases, communicating with the UE includes: participating in datacommunications with the UE in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme, where a tone spacing for the data communications isdifferent from a tone spacing for other stages of communication with theUE.

Channel spacing component 735 may communicating with the UE using one ormore different tone spacings for each type of different wirelesscommunication channel types in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme. In some cases, communicating with the UE includes:transmitting one or more control channels to the UE in accordance withthe identified tone spacing scheme, where a tone spacing for the one ormore control channels is different from a tone spacing for other typesof communication with the UE.

Spacing identification component 740 may indicate the identified tonespacing scheme for either a current subframe or a future subframe andindicate the identified tone spacing scheme for either an uplink, adownlink, or a sidelink communication. In some cases, transmitting theindication of the identified tone spacing scheme includes: including theindication of the identified tone spacing scheme in a control channel.

FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system 800 including a device 805 thatsupports different numerology for signal transmission in accordance withvarious aspects of the present disclosure. Device 805 may be an exampleof or include the components of wireless device 505, wireless device605, or a base station 105 as described above, e.g., with reference toFIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.

Device 805 may include components for bi-directional voice and datacommunications including components for transmitting and receivingcommunications, including base station transmission numerology manager815, processor 820, memory 825, software 830, transceiver 835, antenna840, network communications manager 845, and base station communicationsmanager 850.

Processor 820 may include an intelligent hardware device, (e.g., ageneral-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a centralprocessing unit (CPU), a microcontroller, an application specificintegrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), aprogrammable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logiccomponent, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof).In some cases, processor 820 may be configured to operate a memory arrayusing a memory controller. In other cases, a memory controller may beintegrated into processor 820. Processor 820 may be configured toexecute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory to performvarious functions (e.g., function or tasks supporting differentnumerology for signal transmission).

Memory 825 may include random access memory (RAM) and read only memory(ROM). The memory 825 may store computer-readable, computer-executablesoftware 830 including instructions that, when executed, cause theprocessor to perform various functions described herein. In some cases,the memory 825 may contain, among other things, a Basic Input-Outputsystem (BIOS) which may control basic hardware and/or software operationsuch as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.

Software 830 may include code to implement aspects of the presentdisclosure, including code to support different numerology for signaltransmission. Software 830 may be stored in a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium such as system memory or other memory. In somecases, the software 830 may not be directly executable by the processorbut may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to performfunctions described herein.

Transceiver 835 may communicate bi-directionally, via one or moreantennas, wired, or wireless links as described above. For example, thetransceiver 835 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicatebi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 835may also include a modem to modulate the packets and provide themodulated packets to the antennas for transmission, and to demodulatepackets received from the antennas.

In some cases, the wireless device may include a single antenna 840.However, in some cases the device may have more than one antenna 840,which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiplewireless transmissions.

Network communications manager 845 may manage communications with thecore network (e.g., via one or more wired backhaul links). For example,the network communications module 845 may manage the transfer of datacommunications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115.

Base station communications manager 850 may manage communications withother base station 105, and may include a controller or scheduler forcontrolling communications with UEs 115 in cooperation with other basestations 105. For example, the base station communications manager 850may coordinate scheduling for transmissions to UEs 115 for variousinterference mitigation techniques such as beamforming or jointtransmission. In some examples, base station communications manager 850may provide an X2 interface within an LTE/LTE-A wireless communicationnetwork technology to provide communication between base stations 105.

FIG. 9 shows a block diagram 900 of a wireless device 905 that supportsdifferent numerology for signal transmission in accordance with variousaspects of the present disclosure. Wireless device 905 may be an exampleof aspects of a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 4.Wireless device 1105 may include receiver 910, UE transmissionnumerology manager 915, and transmitter 920. Wireless device 905 mayalso include a processor. Each of these components may be incommunication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

Receiver 910 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to differentnumerology for signal transmission, etc.). Information may be passed onto other components of the device. The receiver 910 may be an example ofaspects of the transceiver 1235 described with reference to FIG. 12.

UE transmission numerology manager 915 may receive, from a base station,an indication of a tone spacing scheme that includes different tonespacings for wireless communications within a wireless network,communicating with the base station in accordance with the tone spacingscheme, and communicating with a UE in accordance with the tone spacingscheme. UE transmission numerology manager 915 may be an example ofaspects of the UE transmission numerology manager 1215 described withreference to FIG. 12.

Transmitter 920 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 920 may be collocated witha receiver 910 in a transceiver module. For example, the transmitter 920may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1235 described withreference to FIG. 12. The transmitter 920 may include a single antenna,or may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 10 shows a block diagram 1000 of a wireless device 1005 thatsupports different numerology for signal transmission in accordance withvarious aspects of the present disclosure. Wireless device 1005 may bean example of aspects of a wireless device 905 or a UE 115 as describedwith reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 9, and 11. Wireless device 1005 mayinclude receiver 1010, UE transmission numerology manager 1015, andtransmitter 1020. Wireless device 1005 may also include a processor.Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g.,via one or more buses).

Receiver 1010 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to differentnumerology for signal transmission, etc.). Information may be passed onto other components of the device. The receiver 1010 may be an exampleof aspects of the transceiver 1235 described with reference to FIG. 12.

UE transmission numerology manager 1015 may be an example of aspects ofthe UE transmission numerology manager 1215 described with reference toFIG. 12.

UE transmission numerology manager 1015 may also include spacingindication component 1025 and communication component 1030.

Spacing indication component 1025 may receive, from a base station, anindication of a tone spacing scheme that includes different tonespacings for wireless communications within a wireless network. In somecases, receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme includes:receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme in a synchronizationchannel. In some cases, receiving the indication of the tone spacingscheme includes: receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme ina PBCH or a SIB. In some cases, receiving the indication of the tonespacing scheme includes: receiving the indication of the tone spacingscheme via a characteristic of PSS, an SSS, or a reference signal. Insome cases, receiving the indication of the tone spacing schemeincludes: receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme in a RRCmessage.

Communication component 1030 may communicating with the base station inaccordance with the tone spacing scheme and communicating with a UE inaccordance with the tone spacing scheme. In some cases, communicatingwith the base station includes: participating in a RACH procedure withthe base station in accordance with the tone spacing scheme, where atone spacing for the RACH procedure is different from a tone spacing forother stages of communication with the base station. In some cases,communicating with the base station includes: participating in datacommunications with the base station in accordance with the tone spacingscheme, where a tone spacing for the data communications is differentfrom a tone spacing for other stages of communication with the basestation.

Transmitter 1020 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 1020 may be collocatedwith a receiver 1010 in a transceiver module. For example, thetransmitter 1020 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1035described with reference to FIG. 10. The transmitter 1020 may include asingle antenna, or may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 11 shows a block diagram 1100 of a UE transmission numerologymanager 1115 that supports different numerology for signal transmissionin accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The UEtransmission numerology manager 1115 may be an example of aspects of aUE transmission numerology manager 915, UE transmission numerologymanager 1015, or UE transmission numerology manager 1215 as describedwith reference to FIGS. 9, 10, and 12. The UE transmission numerologymanager 1115 may include spacing indication component 1120,communication component 1125, channel spacing component 1130, andspacing identification component 1135. Each of these modules maycommunicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one ormore buses).

Spacing indication component 1120 may receive, from a base station, anindication of a tone spacing scheme that includes different tonespacings for wireless communications within a wireless network. In somecases, receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme includes:receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme in a synchronizationchannel. In some cases, receiving the indication of the tone spacingscheme includes: receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme ina PBCH or a SIB. In some cases, receiving the indication of the tonespacing scheme includes: receiving the indication of the tone spacingscheme via a characteristic of a PSS, an SSS, or a reference signal. Insome cases, receiving the indication of the tone spacing schemeincludes: receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme in a RRCmessage.

Communication component 1125 may communicating with the base station inaccordance with the tone spacing scheme and communicating with a UE inaccordance with the tone spacing scheme. In some cases, communicatingwith the base station includes: participating in a RACH procedure withthe base station in accordance with the tone spacing scheme, where atone spacing for the RACH procedure is different from a tone spacing forother stages of communication with the base station. In some cases,communicating with the base station includes: participating in datacommunications with the base station in accordance with the tone spacingscheme, where a tone spacing for the data communications is differentfrom a tone spacing for other stages of communication with the basestation.

Channel spacing component 1130 may communicating with the base stationusing one or more different tone spacings for each type of differentwireless communication channel types in accordance with the identifiedtone spacing scheme, communicating with the UE using different tonespacings for different stages of wireless communications in accordancewith the identified tone spacing scheme, communicating with the UE usingone or more different tone spacings for each stage of different stagesof wireless communications in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme, communicating with the UE using different tone spacingsfor different wireless communication channel types in accordance withthe identified tone spacing scheme, and communicating with the UE usingone or more different tone spacings for each type of different wirelesscommunication channel types in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme. In some cases, communicating with the base stationincludes: receiving one or more control channels from the base stationin accordance with the tone spacing scheme, where a tone spacing for theone or more control channels is different from a tone spacing for othertypes of communication with the base station.

Spacing identification component 1135 may identify a tone spacing schemefor a variety of instances or durations. In some cases, receiving theindication of the tone spacing scheme includes: receiving the indicationof the tone spacing scheme in a control channel. In some cases,receiving the indication of the tone spacing scheme includes: receivingthe indication of the tone spacing scheme for either a current subframeor a future subframe. In some cases, receiving the indication of thetone spacing scheme includes: receiving the indication of the tonespacing scheme for either an uplink, a downlink, or a sidelinkcommunication.

FIG. 12 shows a diagram of a system 1200 including a device 1205 thatsupports different numerology for signal transmission in accordance withvarious aspects of the present disclosure. Device 1205 may be an exampleof or include the components of a UE 115, wireless device 905, wirelessdevice 1005, or wireless device 1105 as described above, e.g., withreference to FIGS. 1, 2, 4, and 9-11.

Device 1205 may include components for bi-directional voice and datacommunications including components for transmitting and receivingcommunications, including UE transmission numerology manager 1215,processor 1220, memory 1225, software 1230, transceiver 1235, antenna1240, and I/O controller 1245.

Processor 1220 may include an intelligent hardware device, (e.g., ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, anFPGA, a programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logiccomponent, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof).In some cases, processor 1220 may be configured to operate a memoryarray using a memory controller. In other cases, a memory controller maybe integrated into processor 1220. Processor 1220 may be configured toexecute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory to performvarious functions (e.g., function or tasks supporting differentnumerology for signal transmission).

Memory 1225 may include RAM and ROM. The memory 1225 may storecomputer-readable, computer-executable software 1230 includinginstructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform variousfunctions described herein. In some cases, the memory 1225 may contain,among other things, a BIOS which may control basic hardware and/orsoftware operation such as the interaction with peripheral components ordevices.

Software 1230 may include code to implement aspects of the presentdisclosure, including code to support different numerology for signaltransmission. Software 1230 may be stored in a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium such as system memory or other memory. In somecases, the software 1230 may not be directly executable by the processorbut may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to performfunctions described herein.

Transceiver 1235 may communicate bi-directionally, via one or moreantennas, wired, or wireless links as described above. For example, thetransceiver 1235 may represent a wireless transceiver and maycommunicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. Thetransceiver 1235 may also include a modem to modulate the packets andprovide the modulated packets to the antennas for transmission, and todemodulate packets received from the antennas.

In some cases, the wireless device may include a single antenna 1240.However, in some cases the device may have more than one antenna 1240,which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiplewireless transmissions.

I/O controller 1245 may manage input and output signals for device 1205.Input/output control component 1245 may also manage peripherals notintegrated into device 1205. In some cases, input/output controlcomponent 1245 may represent a physical connection or port to anexternal peripheral. In some cases, I/O controller 1245 may utilize anoperating system such as iOS®, ANDROID®, MS-DOS®, MS-WINDOWS®, OS/2®,UNIX®, LINUX®, or another known operating system.

FIG. 13 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1300 for differentnumerology for signal transmission in accordance with various aspects ofthe present disclosure. The operations of method 1300 may be implementedby a base station 105 or its components as described herein. Forexample, the operations of method 1300 may be performed by a basestation transmission numerology manager as described with reference toFIGS. 5 through 8. In some examples, a base station 105 may execute aset of codes to control the functional elements of the device to performthe functions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the basestation 105 may perform aspects the functions described below usingspecial-purpose hardware.

At block 1305, the base station 105 may optionally identify a set ofavailable tone spacing schemes, where each available tone spacing schememay include different tone spacings for wireless communications within awireless network. The operations of block 1305 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1305 may beperformed by a tone spacing component as described with reference toFIGS. 5 through 8.

At block 1310, the base station 105 may select the tone spacing schemefrom the set of available tone spacing schemes. The operations of block1310 may be performed according to the methods described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 4. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 1310 may be performed by a tone spacing component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 5 through 8.

At block 1315, the base station 105 may transmit an indication of theselected tone spacing scheme to a UE. The operations of block 1315 maybe performed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS.1 through 4. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block1315 may be performed by a spacing indication component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 5 through 8.

At block 1320, the base station 105 may communicate with the UE usingone or more different tone spacings for each stage of different stagesof wireless communications in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme. The operations of block 1320 may be performed accordingto the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 1320 may be performed by acommunication stage component as described with reference to FIGS. 5through 8.

FIG. 14 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1400 for differentnumerology for signal transmission in accordance with various aspects ofthe present disclosure. The operations of method 1400 may be implementedby a base station 105 or its components as described herein. Forexample, the operations of method 1400 may be performed by a basestation transmission numerology manager as described with reference toFIGS. 5 through 8. In some examples, a base station 105 may execute aset of codes to control the functional elements of the device to performthe functions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the basestation 105 may perform aspects the functions described below usingspecial-purpose hardware.

At block 1405, the base station 105 may identify a tone spacing schemethat includes different tone spacings for wireless communications withina wireless network. The operations of block 1405 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1405 may beperformed by a tone spacing component as described with reference toFIGS. 5 through 8.

At block 1410, the base station 105 may transmit an indication of theidentified tone spacing scheme to a UE. The operations of block 1410 maybe performed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS.1 through 4. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block1410 may be performed by a spacing indication component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 5 through 8.

At block 1415, the base station 105 may communicate with the UE usingone or more different tone spacings for each type of different wirelesscommunication channel types in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme. The operations of block 1415 may be performed accordingto the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 1415 may be performed by achannel spacing component as described with reference to FIGS. 5 through8.

FIG. 15 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1500 for differentnumerology for signal transmission in accordance with various aspects ofthe present disclosure. The operations of method 1500 may be implementedby a UE 115 or its components as described herein. For example, theoperations of method 1500 may be performed by a UE transmissionnumerology manager as described with reference to FIGS. 9 through 12. Insome examples, a UE 115 may execute a set of codes to control thefunctional elements of the device to perform the functions describedbelow. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 may perform aspects thefunctions described below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 1505, the UE 115 may receive, from a base station, anindication of a tone spacing scheme that includes different tonespacings for wireless communications within a wireless network. Theoperations of block 1505 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 1505 may be performed by a spacingindication component as described with reference to FIGS. 9 through 12.

At block 1510, the UE 115 may communicate with the base station inaccordance with the tone spacing scheme. The operations of block 1510may be performed according to the methods described with reference toFIGS. 1 through 4. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 1510 may be performed by a communication component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 9 through 12. For example, the UE 115 maycommunicate with the base station using one or more different tonespacings for each type of different wireless communication channel typesin accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme. The operations ofblock 1515 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 4. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 1515 may be performed by a channel spacing componentas described with reference to FIGS. 9 through 12.

FIG. 16 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1600 for differentnumerology for signal transmission in accordance with various aspects ofthe present disclosure. The operations of method 1600 may be implementedby a wireless device such as a base station 105, a UE 115, or theircomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method1600 may be performed by a base station transmission numerology manageror a UE transmission numerology manager as described with reference toFIGS. 5 through 12. In some examples, a wireless device may execute aset of codes to control the functional elements of the device to performthe functions described below. Additionally or alternatively, thewireless device may perform aspects of the functions described belowusing special-purpose hardware.

At block 1605, the wireless device may identify a tone spacing schemethat includes different tone spacings for wireless communications withina wireless network, the tone spacing scheme indicating different tonespacings for combinations of uplink communications, downlinkcommunications, or sidelink communications. The operations of block 1605may be performed according to the methods described with reference toFIGS. 1 through 4. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 1605 may be performed by a tone spacing component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 or a spacing indication component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

At block 1610, the wireless device may communicate with another wirelessdevice (e.g., a different base station 105 or UE 115) according to theidentified tone spacing scheme. The operations of block 1610 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 4. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1610may be performed by a spacing indication component as described withreference to FIGS. 6 and 7 or a communication component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

FIG. 17 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1700 for differentnumerology for signal transmission in accordance with various aspects ofthe present disclosure. The operations of method 1700 may be implementedby a wireless device such as a base station 105, a UE 115, or theircomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method1700 may be performed by a base station transmission numerology manageror a UE transmission numerology manager as described with reference toFIGS. 5 through 12. In some examples, a wireless device may execute aset of codes to control the functional elements of the device to performthe functions described below. Additionally or alternatively, thewireless device may perform aspects of the functions described belowusing special-purpose hardware.

At block 1705, the wireless device may identify a tone spacing schemethat includes different tone spacings for wireless communications withina wireless network, the tone spacing scheme indicating tone spacing fora current subframe, a future subframe, or a combination thereof. Theoperations of block 1705 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 1705 may be performed by a tonespacing component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 or aspacing indication component as described with reference to FIGS. 10 and11.

At block 1710, the wireless device may communicate with another wirelessdevice (e.g., a different base station 105 or UE 115) according to theidentified tone spacing scheme. The operations of block 1710 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 4. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1710may be performed by a spacing indication component as described withreference to FIGS. 6 and 7 or a communication component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

It should be noted that the methods described above describe possibleimplementations, and that the operations and the steps may be rearrangedor otherwise modified and that other implementations are possible.Furthermore, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.

Techniques described herein may be used for various wirelesscommunications systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA),time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access(FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), singlecarrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and other systems.The terms “system” and “network” are often used interchangeably. A codedivision multiple access (CDMA) system may implement a radio technologysuch as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), etc.CDMA2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95, and IS-856 standards. IS-2000 Releasesmay be commonly referred to as CDMA2000 1×, 1×, etc. IS-856 (TIA-856) iscommonly referred to as CDMA2000 1×EV-DO, High Rate Packet Data (HRPD),etc. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA. Atime division multiple access (TDMA) system may implement a radiotechnology such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).

An orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system mayimplement a radio technology such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB),Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE802.20, Flash-OFDM, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal MobileTelecommunications System (UMTS). 3GPP LTE and LTE-A are new releases ofUMTS that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM aredescribed in documents from the organization named “3rd GenerationPartnership Project” (3GPP). CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documentsfrom an organization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project 2”(3GPP2). The techniques described herein may be used for the systems andradio technologies mentioned above as well as other systems and radiotechnologies. While aspects an LTE system may be described for purposesof example, and LTE terminology may be used in much of the description,the techniques described herein are applicable beyond LTE applications.

In LTE/LTE-A networks, including such networks described herein, theterm evolved node B (eNB) may be generally used to describe the basestations. The wireless communications system or systems described hereinmay include a heterogeneous LTE/LTE-A network in which different typesof eNBs provide coverage for various geographical regions. For example,each eNB or base station may provide communication coverage for a macrocell, a small cell, or other types of cell. The term “cell” can be usedto describe a base station, a carrier or component carrier associatedwith a base station, or a coverage area (e.g., sector, etc.) of acarrier or base station, depending on context.

Base stations may include or may be referred to by those skilled in theart as a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an accesspoint, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), Home NodeB, a HomeeNodeB, or some other suitable terminology. The geographic coverage areafor a base station may be divided into sectors making up only a portionof the coverage area. The wireless communications system or systemsdescribed herein may include base stations of different types (e.g.,macro or small cell base stations). The UEs described herein may be ableto communicate with various types of base stations and network equipmentincluding macro eNBs, small cell eNBs, relay base stations, and thelike. There may be overlapping geographic coverage areas for differenttechnologies.

A macro cell generally covers a relatively large geographic area (e.g.,several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEswith service subscriptions with the network provider. A small cell is alower-powered base station, as compared with a macro cell, that mayoperate in the same or different (e.g., licensed, unlicensed, etc.)frequency bands as macro cells. Small cells may include pico cells,femto cells, and micro cells according to various examples. A pico cell,for example, may cover a small geographic area and may allowunrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions with the networkprovider. A femto cell may also cover a small geographic area (e.g., ahome) and may provide restricted access by UEs having an associationwith the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG), UEsfor users in the home, and the like). An eNB for a macro cell may bereferred to as a macro eNB. An eNB for a small cell may be referred toas a small cell eNB, a pico eNB, a femto eNB, or a home eNB. An eNB maysupport one or multiple (e.g., two, three, four, and the like) cells(e.g., component carriers). A UE may be able to communicate with varioustypes of base stations and network equipment including macro eNBs, smallcell eNBs, relay base stations, and the like.

The wireless communications system or systems described herein maysupport synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronousoperation, the base stations may have similar frame timing, andtransmissions from different base stations may be approximately alignedin time. For asynchronous operation, the base stations may havedifferent frame timing, and transmissions from different base stationsmay not be aligned in time. The techniques described herein may be usedfor either synchronous or asynchronous operations.

The downlink transmissions described herein may also be called forwardlink transmissions while the uplink transmissions may also be calledreverse link transmissions. Each communication link describedherein—including, for example, wireless communications system 100 and200 of FIGS. 1 and 2—may include one or more carriers, where eachcarrier may be a signal made up of multiple sub-carriers (e.g., waveformsignals of different frequencies).

The description set forth herein, in connection with the appendeddrawings, describes example configurations and does not represent allthe examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of theclaims. The term “exemplary” used herein means “serving as an example,instance, or illustration,” and not “preferred” or “advantageous overother examples.” The detailed description includes specific details forthe purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques.These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specificdetails. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shownin block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of thedescribed examples.

In the appended figures, similar components or features may have thesame reference label. Further, various components of the same type maybe distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a secondlabel that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the firstreference label is used in the specification, the description isapplicable to any one of the similar components having the same firstreference label irrespective of the second reference label.

Information and signals described herein may be represented using any ofa variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data,instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chipsthat may be referenced throughout the above description may berepresented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magneticfields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combinationthereof.

The various illustrative blocks and modules described in connection withthe disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmablelogic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardwarecomponents, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functionsdescribed herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor,but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor,controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also beimplemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combinationof a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or moremicroprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other suchconfiguration).

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, softwareexecuted by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. Ifimplemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may bestored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on acomputer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are withinthe scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to thenature of software, functions described above can be implemented usingsoftware executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, orcombinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may alsobe physically located at various positions, including being distributedsuch that portions of functions are implemented at different physicallocations. Also, as used herein, including in the claims, “or” as usedin a list of items (for example, a list of items prefaced by a phrasesuch as “at least one of” or “one or more of”) indicates an inclusivelist such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C meansA or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C).

Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storagemedia and communication media including any medium that facilitatestransfer of a computer program from one place to another. Anon-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that can beaccessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way ofexample, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media cancomprise RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable read only memory(EEPROM), compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magneticdisk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any othernon-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired programcode means in the form of instructions or data structures and that canbe accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or ageneral-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection isproperly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the softwareis transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using acoaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line(DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave,then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, orwireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave areincluded in the definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein,include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD),floppy disk and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce datamagnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers.Combinations of the above are also included within the scope ofcomputer-readable media.

The description herein is provided to enable a person skilled in the artto make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosurewill be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the genericprinciples defined herein may be applied to other variations withoutdeparting from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is notlimited to the examples and designs described herein, but is to beaccorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novelfeatures disclosed herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:identifying a tone spacing scheme that includes different tone spacingsfor wireless communications within a wireless network, the tone spacingscheme indicating different tone spacings for uplink communications,downlink communications, sidelink communications, or combinationsthereof; and communicating with a wireless device according to theidentified tone spacing scheme.
 2. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: selecting the tone spacing scheme from a plurality ofavailable tone spacing schemes.
 3. The method of claim 1, whereincommunicating with the wireless device comprises: using one or moredifferent tone spacings for each stage of different stages of wirelesscommunications in accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme. 4.The method of claim 3, wherein communicating with the wireless devicecomprises: participating in a random access channel (RACH) procedurewith the wireless device in accordance with the identified tone spacingscheme, wherein a tone spacing for the RACH procedure is different froma tone spacing for other stages of communication with the wirelessdevice.
 5. The method of claim 3, wherein communicating with thewireless device comprises: participating in data communications with thewireless device in accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme,wherein a tone spacing for the data communications is different from atone spacing for other stages of communication with the wireless device.6. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating with the wireless devicecomprises: communicating with the wireless device using one or moredifferent tone spacings for each type of different wirelesscommunication channel types in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein communicating with thewireless device comprises: communicating via one or more controlchannels with the wireless device in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme, wherein a tone spacing for the one or more controlchannels is different from a tone spacing for other types ofcommunication with the wireless device.
 8. The method of claim 1,wherein: the tone spacing of at least one synchronization signal isdifferent from other channels of communication.
 9. The method of claim8, wherein: the at least one synchronization signal comprises a primarysynchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS),a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or combinations thereof.
 10. Themethod of claim 8, wherein: the tone spacing of the at least onesynchronization signal is different from at least one othersynchronization signal.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein communicatingwith the wireless device comprises: including an indication of theidentified tone spacing scheme via a synchronization channel, a controlchannel a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a radio resource control(RRC) message, master information block, a system information block, orcombinations thereof.
 12. The method of claim 11, wherein: the systeminformation block comprises minimum system information or other systeminformation.
 13. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating with thewireless device comprises: indicating the identified tone spacing schemevia a characteristic of a primary synchronization signal (PSS), asecondary synchronization signal (SSS), a reference signal, orcombinations thereof.
 14. The method of claim 13, wherein thecharacteristic comprises a number of repetitions, a number of tones, apattern of tones, or combinations thereof.
 15. The method of claim 1,wherein communicating with the wireless device comprises: indicating theidentified tone spacing scheme for either a current subframe or a futuresubframe.
 16. A method for wireless communication, comprising:identifying a tone spacing scheme that includes different tone spacingsfor wireless communications within a wireless network, the tone spacingscheme indicating tone spacing for a current subframe, a futuresubframe, or a combination thereof; and communicating with a wirelessdevice according to the identified tone spacing scheme.
 17. The methodof claim 16, further comprising: selecting the tone spacing scheme froma plurality of available tone spacing schemes.
 18. The method of claim16, wherein communicating with the wireless device comprises: using oneor more different tone spacings for each stage of different stages ofwireless communications in accordance with the identified tone spacingscheme.
 19. The method of claim 18, wherein communicating with thewireless device comprises: participating in a random access channel(RACH) procedure with the wireless device in accordance with theidentified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tone spacing for the RACHprocedure is different from a tone spacing for other stages ofcommunication with the wireless device.
 20. The method of claim 18,wherein communicating with the wireless device comprises: participatingin data communications with the wireless device in accordance with theidentified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tone spacing for the datacommunications is different from a tone spacing for other stages ofcommunication with the wireless device.
 21. The method of claim 16,wherein communicating with the wireless device comprises: communicatingwith the wireless device using one or more different tone spacings foreach type of different wireless communication channel types inaccordance with the identified tone spacing scheme.
 22. The method ofclaim 21, wherein communicating with the wireless device comprises:communicating via one or more control channels with the wireless devicein accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tonespacing for the one or more control channels is different from a tonespacing for other types of communication with the wireless device. 23.The method of claim 16, wherein communicating with the wireless devicecomprises: including an indication of the identified tone spacing schemevia a synchronization channel, a control channel a physical broadcastchannel (PBCH), a radio resource control (RRC) message, or a systeminformation block (SIB).
 24. The method of claim 16, whereincommunicating with the wireless device comprises: indicating theidentified tone spacing scheme via a characteristic of a primarysynchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS),or a reference signal.
 25. The method of claim 16, wherein communicatingwith the wireless device comprises: indicating the identified tonespacing scheme for either an uplink communication, a downlinkcommunication, or a sidelink communication.
 26. An apparatus forwireless communication, in a system comprising: a processor; memory inelectronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored inthe memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause theapparatus to: identify a tone spacing scheme that includes differenttone spacings for wireless communications within a wireless network, thetone spacing scheme indicating different tone spacings for uplinkcommunications, downlink communications, sidelink communications, orcombinations thereof; and communicate with a wireless device accordingto the identified tone spacing scheme.
 27. The apparatus of claim 26,wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:select the tone spacing scheme from a plurality of available tonespacing schemes.
 28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the instructionsare further executable by the processor to: use one or more differenttone spacings for each stage of different stages of wirelesscommunications in accordance with the identified tone spacing scheme.29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the instructions are furtherexecutable by the processor to: participate in a random access channel(RACH) procedure with the wireless device in accordance with theidentified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tone spacing for the RACHprocedure is different from a tone spacing for other stages ofcommunication with the wireless device.
 30. The apparatus of claim 28,wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:participate in data communications with the wireless device inaccordance with the identified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tonespacing for the data communications is different from a tone spacing forother stages of communication with the wireless device.
 31. Theapparatus of claim 26, wherein the instructions are further executableby the processor to: communicate with the wireless device using one ormore different tone spacings for each type of different wirelesscommunication channel types in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme.
 32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the instructionsare further executable by the processor to: communicate via one or morecontrol channels with the wireless device in accordance with theidentified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tone spacing for the one ormore control channels is different from a tone spacing for other typesof communication with the wireless device.
 33. The apparatus of claim26, wherein: the tone spacing of at least one synchronization signal isdifferent from other channels of communication.
 34. The apparatus ofclaim 33, wherein: the at least one synchronization signal comprises aprimary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal(SSS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), or combinations thereof. 35.The apparatus of claim 33, wherein: the tone spacing of the at least onesynchronization signal is different from at least one othersynchronization signal.
 36. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein theinstructions are further executable by the processor to: include anindication of the identified tone spacing scheme via a synchronizationchannel, a control channel a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a radioresource control (RRC) message, master information block, a systeminformation block, or combinations thereof.
 37. The apparatus of claim36, wherein: the system information block comprises minimum systeminformation or other system information.
 38. The apparatus of claim 26,wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:indicate the identified tone spacing scheme via a characteristic of aprimary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal(SSS), a reference signal, or combinations thereof.
 39. The apparatus ofclaim 38, wherein the characteristic comprises a number of repetitions,a number of tones, a pattern of tones, or combinations thereof.
 40. Theapparatus of claim 26, wherein the instructions are further executableby the processor to: indicate the identified tone spacing scheme foreither a current subframe or a future subframe.
 41. An apparatus forwireless communication, in a system comprising: a processor; memory inelectronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored inthe memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause theapparatus to: identify a tone spacing scheme that includes differenttone spacings for wireless communications within a wireless network, thetone spacing scheme indicating tone spacing for a current subframe, afuture subframe, or a combination thereof; and communicate with awireless device according to the identified tone spacing scheme.
 42. Theapparatus of claim 41, wherein the instructions are further executableby the processor to: select the tone spacing scheme from a plurality ofavailable tone spacing schemes.
 43. The apparatus of claim 41, whereinthe instructions are further executable by the processor to: use one ormore different tone spacings for each stage of different stages ofwireless communications in accordance with the identified tone spacingscheme.
 44. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the instructions arefurther executable by the processor to: participate in a random accesschannel (RACH) procedure with the wireless device in accordance with theidentified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tone spacing for the RACHprocedure is different from a tone spacing for other stages ofcommunication with the wireless device.
 45. The apparatus of claim 43,wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:participate in data communications with the wireless device inaccordance with the identified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tonespacing for the data communications is different from a tone spacing forother stages of communication with the wireless device.
 46. Theapparatus of claim 41, wherein the instructions are further executableby the processor to: communicate with the wireless device using one ormore different tone spacings for each type of different wirelesscommunication channel types in accordance with the identified tonespacing scheme.
 47. The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the instructionsare further executable by the processor to: communicate via one or morecontrol channels with the wireless device in accordance with theidentified tone spacing scheme, wherein a tone spacing for the one ormore control channels is different from a tone spacing for other typesof communication with the wireless device.
 48. The apparatus of claim41, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:include an indication of the identified tone spacing scheme via asynchronization channel, a control channel a physical broadcast channel(PBCH), a radio resource control (RRC) message, or a system informationblock (SIB).
 49. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the instructions arefurther executable by the processor to: indicate the identified tonespacing scheme via a characteristic of a primary synchronization signal(PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), or a reference signal.50. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the instructions are furtherexecutable by the processor to: indicate the identified tone spacingscheme for either an uplink communication, a downlink communication, ora sidelink communication.